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Diane Main presented an assembly on Digital Citizenship to the freshmen today. Students can email her for further information regarding this topic.

Freshmen attend LIFE assembly regarding digital citizenship

by Nicole Chen, Reporter January 28, 2016

The freshman class attended a LIFE assembly titled “Your LIFE Online,” discussing digital citizenship today in the Nichols auditorium. Upper school director of learning, innovation and design Diane...

Junior Chetana Kalidindi performed last Friday. Ten vocal and piano certificate students performed in the Winter Song concert last Friday in Nichols Auditorium.

Certificate students perform in Winter Song

by Tiffany Wong and Ria Gupta January 28, 2016

Ten pianists and vocalists performed at the Upper School’s annual winter concert on Friday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Nichols Auditorium. The concert, titled “Winter Song,” provided upper school...

E. Coli Emergency Chipotle's bowl optino is an alternative to burritos for the customers who prefer healthier choices. The recent disease outbreaks in Chipotle stores have contributed to Chipotle's decision to close stores on Feb. 8.

Chipotle to close restaurants briefly Feb. 8 for evaluation

by Alex Wang, Reporter January 28, 2016

Chipotle will close its restaurants across the nation on Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to hold a meeting for the whole company in order to discuss food safety and the recent incidents. In an effort to...

Ryan Adolf (9), who will take the AMC 10A, reviews a recently passed back Precalculus quiz. The main purpose of the AMC 10 and 12 is to increase interest in mathematics and to develop talent through solving challenging problems.

Students prepare for AMC 10/12

by Shania Wang, Reporter January 28, 2016

The American Mathematics Competitions 10A and 12A (AMC 10A and 12A) will be held on Feb. 2 at the upper school. The exam will take place in the morning on a special schedule so students will not have...

Stanford economics professor Nicholas Bloom delivers a presentation entitled "Great Expectations or Hard Times: The Future of the American Economy."

Stanford economist analyzes trends and predictions in American economy

by Vignesh Panchanatham and Lauren Russell January 28, 2016

Professor Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford economics professor, spoke in Nichols Auditorium about the prospects of America’s economy and possible solutions to various economic problems on Jan. 20 at 12:30...

Victoria Ding (12) performs a solo in Chaminade's "Flute Concertino" with the upper school orchestra. The upper school orchestra performed at the Winter Concert on Jan. 15 at the Mexican Heritage Theater.

Upper school instrumental groups perform in annual Winter Concert

by Nicole Chen and Neil Bai January 28, 2016

The light dimmed in the theater and the crowd fell silent. The curtains opened, the performers walked to their seats and the show began. The upper school orchestra, jazz band lab band performed at the...

Debater Alexander Lam (11) speaks to a room of competitors during one of the rounds on the first day of the tournament. Seven public forum teams and two Congressional debaters placed at the Stanford National Invitational, which offered nine speech events and five styles of debates, from Jan. 16 to 18. The tournament featured competitors from 199 schools.

Upper school debate competes at the Stanford National Invitational

by Tiffany Wong and Vignesh Panchanatham January 27, 2016

The upper school debate team competed at the Stanford National Invitational from Jan. 16 to 18, with seven public forum teams and two Congressional debaters winning awards at the tournament. Offering...

Abel Olivas laughs after two students show their dance routine to the group. Students were able to add their own moves to the dance during the lesson.

Spanish National Honor Society hosts series of activities for club week

by Neil Bai, Reporter January 27, 2016

Spanish Honor Society is raising money for the Sunday Friends Organization this week by hosting activities and selling food after school. According to their website, the Sunday Friends Organization...

Club coordinator Eric Kallbrier speaks to club officers in a leadership meeting. Under the new pilot bell schedule, a new period was introduced for club meetings on Thursdays.

Bell schedule leads to club changes

by Ruhi Sayana, Reporter January 27, 2016

The pilot bell schedule introduced a new period dedicated to clubs. Kallbrier has been holding club leadership meetings in the auditorium during the club period to reinforce the expectations of officers....

The juniors vote for their Honor Council representatives in the last Honor Council election at the beginning of this academic year. The freshmen will vote their Honor Council representatives tomorrow.

Freshmen elect Honor Council

by Adrian Chu, Reporter January 27, 2016

The freshman class of 2019 will elect its two Honor Council representatives tomorrow during lunch in the Journalism room. Candidates presented their 250 word speeches responding to the prompt “What...

Linguistics holds NACLO exam

by Adrian Chu, Reporter January 27, 2016

Students took the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) at Harker, one of 126 schools to host the competition, on Jan. 28 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Late Registration is still available...

David Bowie lost the battle against cancer on Jan. 10 in Manhattan, New York. As an influential singer-songwriter and innovator, Bowie globally impacted popular music, style and art.

World mourns artistic legends

by Raveena Kapatkar and Nisha Shankar January 27, 2016

Singer David Bowie and actor Alan Rickman both passed away last week due to cancer. Bowie passed away at age 69, just two days after releasing his album, “Blackstar,” and his birthday, which was...

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